星 xīng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
星系
xīngxì
galaxy
Characters in this word
系 xì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 糸 — silk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 科学家通过红移数据推测，这个星系正在远离我们。 Kēxuéjiā tōngguò hóngyí shùjù tuīcè, zhè ge xīngxì zhèngzài yuǎnlí wǒmen. Scientists inferred from redshift data that this galaxy is moving away from us.
- 我们所在的星系叫银河系。 Wǒmen suǒzài de xīngxì jiào Yínhéxì. The galaxy we live in is called the Milky Way.
- 望远镜让我们看到了许多遥远的星系。 Wàngyuǎnjìng ràng wǒmen kàndào le xǔduō yáoyuǎn de xīngxì. The telescope lets us see many distant galaxies.
Related words
- 星期 xīngqī week
- 星期日 xīngqīrì Sunday
- 星期天 xīngqītiān Sunday
- 明星 míngxīng celebrity; star
- 星星 xīngxing star
- 卫星 wèixīng satellite
- 恒星 héngxīng star; fixed star
- 零星 língxīng scattered; sporadic
- 外星人 wàixīngrén alien; extraterrestrial
- 星级 xīngjí star rating; star level
- 星球 xīngqiú planet; celestial body
- 星座 xīngzuò constellation; zodiac sign